7+ hour, 1+ min ago  (713+ words) As South Africa marks Youth Month and reflects on the legacy of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, the country is confronting a modern-day economic fault line: one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, just as artificial intelligence and digital…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (313+ words) Anthropic on Friday'announced'it's disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5'artificial intelligence'models to comply with an export control directive'from the U. S. government that cited "national security authorities." The company said it received an order at 5: 21 p. m. ET, instructing it to suspend all…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (749+ words) Yet despite mounting public backlash, global AI usage has surged to record highs. Open AI's Chat GPT reached one billion monthly app users, or MAUs, in May, according to recent estimates from market intelligence firm'Sensor Tower. Other AI apps including…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1113+ words) As Open AI steers away from the consumer focus that made Chat GPT a household name, Googleand Appleare rolling out a slew of new consumer AI offerings, trying to show how the technology can be practical for everyday users. The…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (455+ words) Africa's women represent one of the continent's biggest untapped economic opportunities, yet many remain locked out of the capital, markets and tools needed to build scalable businesses, according to Telma Ekeo, CEO of Women for Women International. "Africa on paper…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (799+ words) Artificial intelligence remains one of the most powerful forces shaping global markets, driving record investment across semiconductors, data centers and energy infrastructure, and institutional investors are still broadly constructive on the theme even as concerns build around concentration risk and…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (690+ words) Africa's payments ecosystem is moving beyond basic digitization and into a new phase defined by artificial intelligence, interoperability and cross-border infrastructure, according to Dr. Rida Halal, managing director and co-head of Processing Services Africa at Network International. In a television…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (921+ words) Cybersecurity has emerged as the leading threat facing businesses as executives grapple with a volatile mix of geopolitical shocks, regulatory pressure, digital transformation and artificial intelligence-related risks, according to BDO's Global Risk Landscape 2026 report. Speaking to CNBC Africa, Richard Walker,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (944+ words) Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming embedded in South Africa's financial services industry, with investment managers increasingly using the technology to improve efficiency, support decision-making and expand the scope of analysis " even as questions persist around trust, accountability and the future…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (625+ words) TAIPEI, June 1 (Reuters) " Nvidia has unveiled a new chip that puts AI capabilities directly into laptops and desktop computers, pitting it against rivals such as AMD, Intel and Apple. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who is in Taiwan for the Computex…...